Letters to the Editor
An old cure
Tuesday 15 May 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I noticed the BBC health article ”Cancer cure in curry“ in the CINews of May 8. Thank you for this article, although the first paragraph is stating wrongly that a chemical in curry is to be tested for its ability to kill bowel cancer. What the paragraph should say is: a chemical in […]
Lacks balance
Monday 14 May 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I refer to your story heading ‘60 seeking 10 HOM positions’. Is it appropriate that the Chair of the Selection Panel is the Public Service Commissioner? He is ultimately the employer. It has been the practice for many years that the position of chairman of the selection committee is an independent one, one […]
A serviceman is mourned
Monday 14 May 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Last week, we buried one of our ex RNZAF servicemen in Hamilton, NZ, and one of our guys recited the following poem that really hit me. Having served 20 years in the RNZAF and comparing what we lost with the recent state funeral, I thought it appropriate to forward and share this with […]
Call to greet and show love to vaka fleet
Monday 14 May 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I think you should call upon our paddling fraternity (some of the best in the world) to paddle out and give the traditional vaka fleet a welcome worthy of the Cook Islands when they arrive this week. I think the schools should consider a mass greeting if it could be arranged. I realise […]
'Keep alcohol out of schools'
Saturday 12 May 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I saw in the paper a Liquor Licence request by fundraisers on behalf of a prestigious school. I thought no way, have they exhausted all other means of fund raising they had to resort to alcohol inclusion. What kind of message are we conveying to our children – alcohol is good because it […]
He left a wealth of teachings
Saturday 12 May 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, It is with great sadness that I have received the news for the passing away for Sir Geoffrey Henry, long lasting political leader of the Cook Islands and recently Speaker of the House for the Cook Islands Parliament. As the country and the Pacific prepare to farewell one of its most outstanding leaders, […]
Outrage at $20
Saturday 12 May 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, As one of the supporters of the International dancing competition 2012, I find it embarrassing to read in the newspaper on Thursday May 10 that the cover charges for the event was $5 and $10 only to be told at the door that $20 is the cover charge and not what has been […]
Apology for polluting air
Wednesday 9 May 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am replying to yesterday’s Smoke Signal showing a photo of one of our buses and referring to it as a ‘smoking bus’. You do say at the bottom of your Smoke Signals for readers to Smokies rolling in! One way of doing it with real smoke: The driver of bus #10, Eddie […]
Pork loin painting 'a disgrace'
Wednesday 9 May 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing on behalf of many Cook Islanders who feel that the publishing of the supposed art piece depicting Mr Bergman in his entirety a disgrace to our heritage, culture and people. To the point, it is rather sad that this is considered art and is endorsed by the people who consider […]
Privy Council may not be the right avenue
Tuesday 8 May 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am fascinated with the issues raised in the land cases that were heard by the Privy Council Judicial Committee in London. The fascination is not only with the land cases themselves which are concerned with very important issues of land and rights to title of land but also whether in fact the […]
Appalled
Tuesday 8 May 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, As a regular visitor to Rarotonga for the past nine years, I am appalled that the government is contemplating an increase in the departure tax. I have done some investigation and it is apparent that Rarotonga is the highest in the South Pacific. Refer the following from the cheapest to the most expensive […]
Disappointed
Tuesday 8 May 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I’m writing this letter to show my concern and disappointment with the attitude of the leaders within the Tupapa Maraerenga village towards the Tupapa Maraerenga soccer team. This team is currently overseas representing the Cook Islands and carrying the name of Tupapa Maraerenga but with no acknowledgement not even a small kaikai before […]
Kata is tamer
Tuesday 8 May 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It would be interesting to know which society “Goose” belongs to, as it obviously isn’t one which allows freedom of speech and to express one’s ideas, a right we enjoy in the Cook Islands including Kata. Goose doesn’t have to look too far to see politicians – MPs, PMs and Presidents – being […]
Not amused
Monday 7 May 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, KATA’S constant mockery of Cook Islands Prime Minister Hon. Henry Puna via his cartoon column is no longer amusing to me. There was a time when we had a giggle and shrugged it off but this continuous badgering of our nation’s leader is insulting, degrading and demeaning. In another corner of the world […]
Wonderful
Monday 7 May 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Isn’t it wonderful that the climate change people are working on the Mangaia harbour. (reference many adverts on radio and TV). This is clearly an overseas funded project. So we can pull our workers, overseers, and engineers off the job and leave them to it. The sky is the limit when you think […]
Thanks, George
Monday 7 May 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I wish to offer my acknowledgement to our member of parliament George Maggie for the wonderful activities he has done so far in our village of Tupapa and Maraerenga. Now we have a new water system installed and everyone is more than happy to utilise it. Thank you also to the NZ High […]
Long live press freedom!
Saturday 5 May 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Congratulations to your reporters Eric Parnis and Rachel Reeves for their insightful World Press Freedom Day articles highlighting the fact that press freedom is every citizen’s right. However, it’s disturbing to read that the flow of information is not so free in the Cook Islands as we are entitled to expect. I must […]
Saddened
Saturday 5 May 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, As I prepare to leave the Cook Islands, I am saddened by my time in Rarotonga. I fell in love again with Pukapuka, but am left disappointed by my experience here. As I wrote in previous letters, a lot of my valuable belongings were stolen by an identifiable suspect. After three weeks of […]
'Fabrication and exaggeration'
Saturday 5 May 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The way some people write about and run Norman George down, got me fuming in disappointment because of the total fabrication and exaggeration of facts. I know a lot of people only see Norm from a distance, hear him on radio or see him on television, but never take the time to sit […]
Growing list of national problems
Saturday 5 May 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, To see our political leaders falling over themselves to attend global talkfests when the most immediate problems they should be dealing with are here in this country is disgraceful. Clamoring on jets at every opportunity to zoom off to far away, exotic destinations are certainly not going to help solve the country’s problems. […]
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